News Hound

Tim Wall, senior reporter for Petfood Industry, explores interactions among culture, media, science and pet food. Wall presents his opinions on how animal behaviors, both human and pet, influence global dog, cat and other pet food markets.

Cell-cultured meat for pet food nearing market appearance

Cell-cultured meat remained fantasy for most of the century and a quarter since it was first introduced in science fiction. However, like artificial intelligence, drone warfare, fusion power and electric cars, reality has caught up with readers.

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Brand Insights

Pet Food Quality: A More Holistic Approach to Food Safety

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Learn why addressing microbial risks throughout the value chain is critical to a robust food safety program. Brand Insights from Kemin.

Pet Food Quality: A More Holistic Approach to Food Safety

Alpha wolf concept is too furious for pet food industry

One of Hollywood’s alpha males, Vin Diesel, unwittingly debunked the dominance hierarchy idea in a quote from "The Fast and the Furious” series.

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Fur babies or fur egos? Pets as extensions of the self

Pet owners likely feel better about pampering a pretend child than an extension of their own selves.

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Pet Ownership Statistics

AI-animated robot pets don’t eat pet food or want treats

One robotic dog responds to more than 35 voice commands and servos to run, flip and otherwise caper. However, the robo-Rovers aren’t cuddly…yet.

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Market Trends and Reports

Latin American pet food industry overcomes geography, economics

Trade agreements in Latin America have had a mixed impact on the pet food industry.

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Wildlife conservation differentiates pet food brands

People who care about pets tend to care about animals in general. Sometimes pets lead people to appreciate wildlife in revolutionary ways.

Concern trolling influences pet food trends, formulations

Concern trolls have created documentaries, books, blogs and other online media to stoke fear of fillers, toxins, by-products and low-quality ingredients in pet food.

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Pet Food Market

Cell-based meat’s sustainability complex for pet food

While future developments in cellular agriculture may be able to beat conventional livestock at resource conservation and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, current technologies have limited environmental sustainability credibility.

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Pet Food Market

AI identifies 6 pet food trends for 2023, but unoriginal

As a writer, I wondered if artificial intelligence could steal my job. To test ChatGPT’s capacity to muscle in on my turf, I asked the program to write about pet food trends in 2023.

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By-products can be called upcycled pet food ingredients

Rendering by-products into pet food ingredients reduces food waste and makes more efficient use of the resources needed to produce human foods. Rebranding these products as upcycled could aid acceptance by pet owners.

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6 media questions to answer during a pet food recall

Dog bites man isn’t news, but man recalls dog food is. When reporting on a pet food recall, journalists aim to answer six essential questions in every article: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How?

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Pet Food Market

Dog brain scan suggests dogs see actions more that objects

While Dr. Doolittle’s dream remains elusive, advances in brain scanning and analysis have opened a window into how dogs’ brains reconstruct what they see. Researchers at Emory University found evidence that we should probably be using more verbs when overdubbing our dog’s antics.

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